Overview
Explains the manifold causes and manifestations of violence in an easy-to-understand way
Provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of violence research
Integrates different scientific perspectives on violence from neuroscience, genetics, psychology, and sociology
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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About this book
Where does violence come from? How can people do such things? These are often the first questions that arise when we witness violence in the in the media or in real life. This book provides comprehensive answers by combining the explanatory approaches from criminology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, brain research, genetics, pedagogy, historical sciences, and justice into a big, exciting, and comprehensible picture - in an entertaining way with current, state-of-the art science(s). Multiple case studies are presented that show us the frightening diversity of human violence: acts of violence by individual perpetrators; violence between groups; riots and tumults by gangs and hooligans; violent ethnic and religious conflicts; extreme violence in the form of amok and terror; and up to armed conflicts, pogroms, and genocide. Last but not least, the knowledge gained from this book can help answer another big question: how can violence be contained or even prevented?
From the contents:
- How and where does violence originate in our brain?
- Why has a tendency towards violence become established as part of our behavioural repertoire in the development of humankind?
- What influences on personality development can lead to violent characters?
- How often is violence the product of a pathological psyche? Do genes play a role?
- Which social constellations contribute?
- What are the causes of rampage and terror?
- What is known about the relationship between religion and violence?
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Where Does Violence Come From?
Book Subtitle: A Multidimensional Approach to Its Causes and Manifestations
Authors: Bernhard Bogerts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81792-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81791-6Published: 11 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81792-3Published: 11 November 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 222
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neuropsychology, Neurosciences, Cognitive Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Criminal Behavior